The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-06-09

/ coed for coughs, colds, etc, fnarpisctnrod
10 sas Frsneisoo, priee Is cents per boz. =
Then there was picture Of rude iog
building. outside Of II were stakes siuca
up supporting long pole, on which Vas
80 iron kettle with Gre nader IL Afound
The bnilding we're few trees II each Of
which . pail was sei on the ground or
spow. Among them . man driving al OF
team attached 10 q sled. | could not
guess what The log house was for. Bot
shades Of the departed where do they
make sugar In that wsyi They do not 10
Vermont. aud doub, il they have IN the
last half century. Par, Of the advertise
ment. though. had confidence 10. The
gum must be good for coughs and colds
II II does not lose its virtue by being trans.
formed from sngaf 10 gum. take large
iosos of the former every spring when vt
home tor lbe beoeh, Of al my coughs aoj
colds during the year TO come. aud as
seldom have any, think IL must be bene
tcial. bot los, il all this year when lefi
home the 18th u April to Join Mr.. Chase
on bis crcafsiou 60 California. People
sefe shaking their heads and saying no
sugar this year. They were mistaken
though Al that time the viuter SHOWS
seemed very 10th 10 leave us but the wind
aud sun we're awakening 10 the fact that
they had been remiss 10 their duty and
were working With great diligence to car
~ of the snow. In fac, they worked too
fast. for when We reached Albsoy that
evening the Hudson was eighteen feet
above ITS ussal height aud rising at the
rate Of one fost per hour. As we were
carried through the state OF New York
that night we found that the train pre-
ceeding Ours discovered the bridge over
the Mohawk was gone Just in time to save
themselves, so we went q longer road.
All next day as we hurried through 10
Chicago sometimes at the rate OF seventy
five miles an hour, we heard remarks
about trains being delayed so by ireshets,
no connections, all mixed up, no such
times for years, etc. Well, ! came on and |
left them TO settle things without my aid.
observed as ! rode along that l had
never seen spring develope as fast as it did |
this year. Tho first day, snow and slush
and abundance OF water; the second day,
green grass aud farmers blowing aud some
making gardens; while the third day as
We travelled south toward Kansas City and
saw along toward night peach. cherry and
other fruit trees in bloom, | said, ito
fruit?' But ali, those to.morrowsl not
always do they bring the things we dream
OF. The morning OF the fourth day left
Kansas City and Travelled west through the
state OF Kansas. All through the eastern
and middle parts it seemed one unbroken
tract OF richly cultivated land, but as we
neared the western part some way it seem
ed as though we were going backward in
/ did not see the fruit on
trees and have not yet 1t is there,
though, and so we'll protected by leaves
that frost last night which cut tomato
plants and beans did not njure .he fruit,
aad before this is 10 print expect to be
eating ripe cherries from the trees here
The next three days as | passed on the
Atlantic 4 Pacific II. r. through Colorado,
New Mexico aud Arizona the scenery was
entirely different and interesting from it's
novelty, scarcely green thing to be
seen except a few half frightened trees.
| asked lady who joined us at New Mex
leo, where she had been staying for two
years, what she lived on as could not see
growing. She spoke OF meat for I
one thing, saying they would kill beef |
and hang it up out doors and it would
keep good until they, family Of four.
consumed it, There were large quantities
81 alkali in the soil 10 many places Once ,
was almost browsing when some one
,aid, 'look out | opened my eyes and
,aid where did this snow come from? but q
,oon saw it was the alkali 10 such quanti-
les that the ground was white. As we
passed the 'needles" long slender rocks
md crossed the Colorado river into Cali !.
ornla we could see verdure bordering its
banks for lopg distances and hoped we
we're once more among the green fields.
nut many mile lay between us and them
II Barstow We left Mr. Cbases excursion
mi little farther on at Mrjve changed !
o the Central Pacific. over which the G
emnant OF onr party travelled together to .
San francisco where se diyersed going j
'nr separate ways. am told that the
joiou Pacific is by lar the most attractive
cute to Chicago while the Southern Pa
iilic is very pleasant one. but | think
,ersots miss il IL they do not take the q
Atlantic 4 Pacific, at least once 4 g s. o